Infectious Disease Telemedicine Consultation

Board-certified infectious disease specialists are available to diagnose, treat and manage patients with difficult, unusual, or complicated bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic infections, such as meningitis, sepsis, complicated urinary tract infection, pneumonia, cellulitis and abscess, surgical site infections, osteomyelitis, prosthetic joint infections, transplant infections, and HIV. Our telemedicine infectious disease program decreases unnecessary transfers, increases census, and supports local physicians to manage a higher complexity of disease.

PARTNER CASE STUDY

Boosting Revenue & Complex Patient Care with Integrated Infectious Disease Experts

A 300-bed hospital in Louisiana was experiencing high hospitalist turnover and a shortage of infectious disease subspecialists, inhibiting its ability to care for patients with complex needs. Through full integration with on-site teams and an unrivalled level of infectious disease expertise, Access TeleCare quickly transformed the hospital into a major care hub capable of meeting the region’s complex care needs and boosted revenue, decreased transfers, and improved antibiotic utilization rates.

PARTNER CASE STUDY

Boosting Revenue & Complex Patient Care with Integrated Infectious Disease Experts

A 300-bed hospital in Louisiana was experiencing high hospitalist turnover and a shortage of infectious disease subspecialists, inhibiting its ability to care for patients with complex needs. Through full integration with on-site teams and an unrivalled level of infectious disease expertise, Access TeleCare quickly transformed the hospital into a major care hub capable of meeting the region’s complex care needs and boosted revenue, decreased transfers, and improved antibiotic utilization rates.

PATIENT CASE STUDY

Access TeleCare Infectious Disease Expert Makes Uncommon Diagnosis With Community-Wide Implications

Weeks after a separate hospital visit, an elderly patient returned to their local emergency department with a troubling set of new symptoms that stumped the on-site care team. After consulting with their dedicated Access TeleCare infectious disease specialist, the patient was diagnosed with West Nile virus and discharged to a skllled nursing facility in just two days. The specialist contacted local and state health authorities, alerting them to the area’s first confirmed case of West Nile virus.

Antibiotic Stewardship

Our telemedicine antibiotic stewardship program can be implemented in all hospitals, even those without in-house or on-site infectious disease specialists. These programs:

• Reduce hospital pharmacy expenditures related to antibiotic prescriptions – the number one spend in hospital pharmacy.
• Achieve clinical excellence goals of reducing both antibiotic overuse and antibiotic resistance and financial goals of reducing costs.
• Partner with other virtual specialists and on-site teams.

PATIENT CASE STUDY

Complex Care Coordination with Telemedicine

A morbidly obese patient suffering from diabetes, asthma, and hypertension entered their local Texas hospital’s emergency department with chest pain, intractable nausea and vomiting, and a productive cough. Within minutes an Access TeleCare pulmonologist and an Access TeleCare infectious disease specialist were coordinating care with on-site teams in real time.